No one will ever know how Kaiser, a 5-year-old king shepherd, made his way from Ashby, Massachusetts, to South Paris over the past eight months, but Tom Woollacott and his two small children don’t really care. They're just happy to have him back. Read More
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The goat was once only found in Iceland, but the rare breed has recently found a second home: Maine. Read More

19 years ago, these four men were teammates. Now, they’re all coaching teams in this year’s tourney.
Members of Shead’s 1999-2000 boys basketball team have figured prominently in recent tournaments. Four players from that squad are varsity head coaches — all of which have qualified for postseason play again this year. Read More

Instead of asking whether candidates have signed on to the Green New Deal or merely watching how Senate Democrats vote, maybe the press should start pressing Democratic candidates to answer questions about it. Read More

The MDI boys captured the Class B swimming and diving state title on Saturday. Read More

Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative executive director Matt Jacobson will resign from his position on Feb. 25. Read More

Friday was Vaughn Smith’s 83rd birthday. Meeting the Marginally Famous Bangor Police Department Duck of Justice WAS on his bucket-list. Vaughn has a duck puppet. Nope, not kidding. Melody thought it was real. I still do. Vaughn is an artist. Vaughn’s wife and daughter came with him on this momentous… Read More